Synonyms of hustled

hustled

verb

past tense of hustle

1

as in struggled

to devote serious and sustained effort

everyone really hustled to get the project finished on schedule

Synonyms & Similar Words

• struggled
• labored
• worked
• tried
• wrought
• tugged
• toiled
• plowed
• sweated
• drudged
• endeavored
• humped
• grubbed
• strived
• slogged
• plodded
• slaved
• strove
• sweat
• plugged
• fagged
• travailed
• moiled
• banged away
• strained
• sweat blood
• attacked
• drove
• dug (away)
• sweated blood
• essayed
• trudged
• scratched
• pegged (away)
• exerted
• waded
• dug in
• exercised
• beavered (away)
• pitched in
• scrabbled
• overworked
• overexerted
• knuckled down
• eked out
• hammered (away)
• buckled (down)
• applied (oneself)
• put out
• ground (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• broke
• slackened
• lounged
• chilled
• eased (up)
• loafed
• shirked
• idled
• rested
• lazed
• dallied
• bummed
• let up
• played
• basked
• hung (around or out)
• hung
• relaxed
• hanged (around or out)
• unwound
• lolled
• slacked (off)
• goofed (off)
• reposed
• hacked (around)
• hanged
• dabbled
• trifled
• goldbricked
• footled
• dillydallied
• doodled
• fooled around
• vegged out
• hung about
• goofed (around)
• puttered (around)
• pottered (around)
• monkeyed (around)
• messed around
• fribbled

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• broke
• slackened
• lounged
• chilled
• eased (up)
• loafed
• shirked
• idled
• rested
• lazed
• dallied
• bummed
• let up
• played
• basked
• hung (around or out)
• hung
• relaxed
• hanged (around or out)
• unwound
• lolled
• slacked (off)
• goofed (off)
• reposed
• hacked (around)
• hanged
• dabbled
• trifled
• goldbricked
• footled
• dillydallied
• doodled
• fooled around
• vegged out
• hung about
• goofed (around)
• puttered (around)
• pottered (around)
• monkeyed (around)
• messed around
• fribbled

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2

as in hurried

to proceed or move quickly

we'd better hustle, or we'll miss the train

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hurried
• scurried
• sped
• raced
• rushed
• trotted
• drove
• traveled
• flew
• chased
• jumped
• zipped
• scooted
• buzzed
• stepped
• ran
• travelled
• run
• darted
• speeded
• blew
• blasted
• scuttled
• bustled
• dashed
• bolted
• jogged
• whirled
• rammed
• ripped
• breezed
• hurtled
• hastened
• bowled
• whisked
• zoomed
• tore
• motored
• careened
• blazed
• rustled
• humped
• hurled
• hied
• barreled
• rocketed
• bundled
• pelted
• nipped
• shot
• jetted
• galloped
• scampered
• bombed
• sprinted
• coursed
• hared
• belted
• careered
• beat it
• scuffled
• flitted
• barrelled
• highballed
• cannonballed
• stampeded
• whizzed
• stepped on it
• streaked
• shook a leg
• scudded
• made tracks
• accelerated
• hotfooted (it)
• cracked (on)
• got a move on
• beetled
• outran
• overtook
• outpaced
• quickened
• outstripped
• beelined
• stepped out
• arrowed
• caught up
• fast-forwarded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dragged
• crawled
• crept
• poked
• lingered
• strolled
• lagged
• loitered
• poked
• sauntered
• shuffled
• ambled
• hung (around or out)
• dawdled
• hanged (around or out)
• plodded
• tarried
• dallied
• lumbered
• decelerated
• slowed (down or up)
• dillydallied

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• dragged
• crawled
• crept
• poked
• lingered
• strolled
• lagged
• loitered
• poked
• sauntered
• shuffled
• ambled
• hung (around or out)
• dawdled
• hanged (around or out)
• plodded
• tarried
• dallied
• lumbered
• decelerated
• slowed (down or up)
• dillydallied

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3

as in squeezed

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

a swindler who hustled cashiers by getting them all confused while they were making change

Synonyms & Similar Words

• squeezed
• plucked
• cheated
• stung
• stuck
• did
• screwed
• beat
• tricked
• suckered
• bled
• stiffed
• swindled
• rooked
• shortchanged
• conned
• victimized
• deceived
• diddled
• reamed
• fiddled
• bilked
• exploited
• fleeced
• defrauded
• fooled
• hosed
• cozened
• gaffed
• shorted
• mulcted
• skinned
• chiseled
• flimflammed
• betrayed
• euchred
• wrenched
• ripped off
• shook down
• skunked
• extorted
• nobbled
• choused
• took to the cleaners
• took for a ride
• nicked
• gouged
• clipped
• thimblerigged
• soaked
• wrested
• milked
• chiselled
• wrung
• did in
• duped
• bitched
• gulled
• overcharged
• sold a bill of goods to
• bamboozled
• double-crossed
• fast-talked
• roped (in)